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The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-09-17
The FLIGHT INTO EGYPT.

Matthew ii. 1928. Luke ii. 80 b.
Now when they were departed, behold, an
angel of the LORD appeareth to Joseph in a
dream, saying, "Arise, and take the young
child and his mother, and flee into Egypt,
and be thou here until tell thee; for Herod
will seek the young child to destroy him."
And he arose and took the young child and
his mother by night, and departed into
Egypt; and was there until the death of
Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the LORD through the prophet, say
ing, Out of Egypt did call my son.
Then Herod when he saw that he was
Knocked by the wise men was exceeding
VIZ 9th, and sent forth and slew all the male
children that were in Bethlehem, and in all
the borders thereof, from two years old and
under, according to the time which he had
carefully learned of the wise men. Then
was fulfilled that which was spoken through
Jeremiah the prophet, saying,
"A voice was heard in Ramah,
Weeping and great mourning,
Racnel weeping for her children;
And sne would not be comforted because
they are not"
DuO "hon horoo Was uedu, DenOiu an angel
of the LORD appeareth in dream to Joseph
in Egypt saying, "Arise, and take the young
child and his mother, and go into the land of
Israel; for they are dead that sought the
young child's life. And he arose and took
the young child and his mother, and came to
the land of Israel. But when he heard that
Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the
room of his father Herod, he was afraid to
go thisher; and being warned [of GoD] in a
dream, they withdrew and returned into the
parts of Galilee and came and dwelt in their
own city Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled
which was spoken through the prophets, that
he should be called Nazarene.
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and he that seeketh fndeth. and to him that
knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is
| there of you If his son shall ask him for a
| loaf, will give him a stone; or If he shall ask
for fish will give him serpent2 If ye then,
being evil, know how to give good gifts unto
your children, how much more shall your Fa-
Their who is in heaven give good things to
| them that ask Him? All things, therefore,
whatsoever We would that men should do unto
| you, even SO do ye also unto them; for this is
the law and the prophets
8. Solemn Warnings: Enter ye in by the mar
row gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the
way, that leads to destruction, and many are
they that enter in thereby. For narrow is the
gate, and Strengthened the way. that leadeth
unto life, and few are they that find it.
Beware of false prophets, that come to you
in sleeps clothing, but inwardly are ravening
wolves. By their fruits We shall know them.
Do (men) gather grapes of thorns, or figs of
thistles? OF thorns men do not gather figs, nor
of bramble bush gather they grapes. Even
so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit;
but the corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
For there is no good tree that bringeth forth
corrupt fruit nor again corrupt tree that
bringeth forth good fruit. A good tree can
not bring forth evil fruit For each tree is
known by it's own fruit. Every tree that bring
eth not forth good fruit is bewn down and
cast into the fire. Therefore by their fruits
ye shall know them. The good man out of the
good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that
which is good; and the evil IMAM out of the
evil (treasure) bringeth forth that which is
evil, for out Of the abundance of the heart the
mouth speaketh.
And why call We me, Lord, Lord, and do
not the things which say2 Not every one
that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter
into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth
the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many
will say to me In that day, Lord, Lord did we
not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name
cast out demons, and by thy name do many
mighty worn 8? And then will l profess unto
them, never knew you, depart from me, ye
that work iniquity.
Every one. therefore, that cometh unto
me, and who heareth these words of mine and
doeth them, will show to whom he is like; he
is like wise man building house, who
digged and went deep, and laid foundation
upon the rock; and the rain descended, and
the floods came. and the winds blew, and the
stream broke against the house, and could not
shake it, and it fell not because it had been
well builded; for it was founded upon the
rock. And every one that heareth these
words of mine, and doeth them not, shall be
likened unto foolish man that built his house
upon the sand without foundation; and the
rain descended, and the floods came, and the
streaS brake, and the winds blew and smote
upon thai ouse, and straightway it fell, and
great was the fall thereof"
And it came to pass when JESUS ended these
words, the multitudes were astonished at his
teaching; for he taught them as (one) having
authority, and not as the Scribes.
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The INFANT JESUS.
Matthew ii. 1-12.]

Now when JESUS was born in Bethlehem of
Judea, in the days of Herod the king, behold,
wise men from the east came to Jerusalem,
saying, "Where is he that is born King of
the Jews? for we have seen his star in the
east and are come to worship him"
And when Herod, the king, heard it he was
troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And
gathering together all the chief priests and
scribes of the people, he enquired of them
where the CHRIST should be born. And they
said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judea: for
thus it is written through the prophet,
"'And thou Bethlehem, land oflJudah,
Art in no wise least among the princes of
Judah;
For out of thee shall come forth governor.
Who shall be shepherd of my people israel !"
Then Herod privately called the wise men,
and learned of them carefully what time the
star appeared. And he sent them to Bethle-
hem, and said, 60 and search out carefully
concerning the young child, and when ye
have found [him] bring me word, that also
may come and worship him." And they,
having heard the king, went their way; and
10, the star, which they saw in the east, went
before them, till it came and stood over
where the young child was. And when they
saw the star, they reioiced with exceeding
great Joy. And they came into the house
and saw the young child with Mary his Moth
or; and they fell down and worshiped him;
and opening their treasures they offered unto
him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.
And being warned [of GoD] in dream that
they should not return to Herod, they depart
ed into their own country another way.
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The TEMPTATION OF JESUS.
Matthew iv. Ill; Mark i. 1918; Luke iv.
lib

Matthew w. Ill; Mark i. 1918; Luke iv.
And JESUS full of the Holy Spirit returned
from the Jordan, and was straightway led up
by the spirit into the wilderness to be tempt
ed of the devil. And he was in the wilder
ness forty days tempted of Satan; and he
was with the wild beasts. And he did eat
nothing in those days; and when they were
completed and he had tasted forty days and
forty nights, he afterward hungered. And
the tempter, the devil, came and said unto
him, "If thou art the son of GoD, command
this stone that it become bread" And JESUS
answered and said unto him, " It is written,
Man shall not live by bread alone, but by
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth
of GoD.'"
Then the devil led him to Jerusalem and
taketh him into the holy city, and he sat him
on the pinnacle of the temple, and said unto
him, " If thou art the Son of GoD, cast thy
self down from thence; for it is written,
He shall give his angels charge concerning
thee,
To guard thee;'' and
"On their hands they shalt bear thee up,
Lest happy thou dash thy foot against
stone"
And JESUS answering said unto him,
"Again it is written, Thou shalt not try the
LORD thy GoD.'"
Again, the devil led him up and taketh him
into an exceeding high mountain, and shew-
eth him all the kingdoms of the world, and
the glory of them in moment of time. And
the devil said unto him, "All these things will
give thee; and to thee will give all this
authority and the glory of them (for it hath
been delivered unto me- and to whomsoever
will give it), if thou wilt fall down and
worship me-" Then JESUS answered and
said unto him, get thee hence, Satan, for
it is written, Thou shalt worship the LORD
thy COP and him only shalt thou serve.'"
And when the devil had completed every
temptation, he departed from him for sea-
son; and behold the angels came and minis
tered unto him.
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JESUS IN GALILFE.

Matthew iv. la, 1925; Mark i. 14b-2O, 49,;
iii. 10; Luke iv. 14a; vii. vi. H..
when he heard that John was delivered
up. JESUS returned in the power of the Spirit
into Galilee.)
From that time began JESUS to preach the
Gospel of COP, and to say, Repent ye; for
the kingdom of heaven is at hand.'
And walking by the Sea of Galilee he saw
two brethren, Simon who is called Peter, and
Andrew his brother, casting net into the
sea for they were fishers. And JESUS said
unto them, Come ye after me, and l will
make you become fishers of men," And
when they had brought their boats to land,
they straightway left all, and followed him.
And going on little farther from thence,
he saw other two brethren, James the lson !
of Zebedee-and John his brother, who we're
also in the boat with Zebedee their father.
mending their nets; and straightway he called
them; and they straightway left their father
Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants,
and followed him.
And he went into their synagogues through
out all Galilee, teaching and preaching the
Gospel of the kingdom and casting out de-
mons, and healing all manner of disease and
all manner of sicknesses among the people.
And great multitude from Galilee follow
ed him: and great number of the people
from all Judea, and from Jerusalem and
Decapolis, and from Idumea, and beyond
Jordan, and about the sea coast of Tyre and
SidOn, hearing what great things he did,
came unto him to be healed of their diseases.
And the report of him went forth into all
Syria; and they brought unto him all that
were sick, holden with divers diseases and
torments, possessed with demons, and cpl
leptic, and palsied, and he healed them.
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and one son. She was married again in 1856,
to George Kitson, and was a second time
left widow. The Monroe (Eldoradol Uni
versalist church was organized with thirteen
members in 1849, and Mother Kitson WAS one
of those charter members. She never faliered
in her devotion to the church, and her faith
strengthened her for life's arduous duties,
and cheered her in the days of trial and dark
ness. The light of the gospel shone for her
through the valley of shadows. She was liv-
ing with her daughter, Mrs. Hettie Brewer,
where che died from paralytic stroke, June
7, 1887. She leaves a sister and daugh-
ter, besides many friends to mourn her loss.
She was buried, June 8, in the cemetery con-
nected with the church she had helped to
organize SO many years ago. Services we're
held in the Universalist church at Eldorado,
conducted by the writer, for many years her
pastor. j. II. BLACKBOARD.
John Bunce, whose funeral took place on
the 26th of July, at his residence in Milan,
Mich, was born Aug. %, 1903, at South Eyre
mont, Berkshire CO., Mass, and emigrated to
Michigan in 1888, and settled in the town of
London, Monroe county, where he continued
to reside until four years ago, since which
time he has resided in that village. He held
many responsible positions in Monroe coun-
ty, and was for many years Supervisor of his
township; he also held the Office of Justice of
the Peace for twenty years, and with very
large number of cases before him he never
tried case that was afterward reversed by
the Circuit Court In religious thought Mr..
Bunce was brought up under the training of
very pious parents of the Methodist faith,
but in later years was what is termed q Lib
eral thinker. A favorite saying of his was
" That to deal justly, love mercy, and walk
humbly, was fulfilling the whole law"
In this belief he died, implicitly believing in
the greater justice of perfect Creator than
the judgment of his very fallible mortal fel
lows, to whom happily, for the sake of imper
feet humanity, are not trusted the keys of
the Kingdom of Heaven.
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THE BAPTISM OF JESUS.
Matthew iii. 1917; Mark i. GIL; Luke iii. 21-
%; John i. 80.

Matthew iii. 1917; Mark i. GIL; Luke iii 81
%; John i. 80.
And now it came to pass in these days,
when all the people were baptized that JESUS
came from Nazareth of Galilee to the Jordan
unto John, to be baptized of him. But John
would have hindered him, saying, g have
need to be baptized of thee, and CONTEST thou
to me?" But JESUS answered and said unto
him, "Suffer It'll now; for thus it becometh
us to fulfill all righteousness" Then he suf
fered him, and was baptized of him in the
Jordan.
And JESUS when he was baptized went up
straightway from of the water praying; and
10, the heavens were opened unto him; and
he and John saw the Spirit of GoD, the Holy
Spirit, descending in a bodily form, as a
dove out of heaven, and coming upon him,
and it abode upon him; and 10, a voice came
out of the heaven saying, "Thou art my be-
loved son, in thee am we'll pleased"
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baptized of him in the river Jordan, confess
ing their sins. Bat when he saw many of the
Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his bap-
tism, he said therefore unto them, and to the
multitudes that went out to be baptized of
him, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned
you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring
forth, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance;
and think not to say within yourselves, We
have Abraham to your father; for say unto
you, that COP is able of these stones to raise
up children unto Abraham. And even now
the axe also lieth at the root of the trees;
every tree therefore that bringeth not forth
good fruit is hewn down and cast into the
fire.
And the multitudes asked him saying,
"What then must we dor" And he answered
and said unto them, "He that hath two coats,
he that hath food, let him do likewise" And
there came also publicans to be baptized,
and they said unto him, Master what must
we dor" and he said unto them, " Extort no
more than that which is appointed you"
And soldiers also asked him, saying, "And
we, what must we do?" And he said unto
them, "Extort from no man by violence,
neither accuse [any one] wrongfully; and be
content with your wages"
And as the people we're in expectation, and
all men reasoned in their hearts concerning
John, whether haply he were the CHRIST;
John answered saying unto them all, 81 in
deed baptize you in water unto repentance;
but there cometh after me he that's mightier
than /, the latchet of whose shoes I am not
worthy to stoop down and unloose. He shall
baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire; whose
fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly
cleanse his threshing floor; and he will gath
or his wheat into his garner, but the chaff he
will burn up with unquenchable fire."
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JOHN THE BAPTIST.
Matthew iii. ZIP; Mark i. 2-8;
Luke iii. l-I8.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of
Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Plate being gov
ernor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of
Galilee, and his brother Philip tetraroh of
the region of Itufes and Trachonitis, and
Lysanius tetrarch of Abilene, in the high
priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word
of GoD came unto Johu the Baptist, the son
of Zacharias in the wilderness of Judea. And
he came into all the region round about Jor-
dan, preaching the Baptism of repentance
unto remission of sins; and saying, Repent
ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"
Even 10 it is written in the book of the
words of Isaiah the prophet:
''The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make ye ready the way of the LORD,
Make his paths straight"
Now John himself had his raiment of cam
els hair, and leathern girdle about bis
loins; and his food was locusts and wild
honey.
Then went out unto him, all the country of
Judea, and all they ofJerusalem; and all the
region round about Jordan; and they we're
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The Sunday gehoo1.
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 25, 1887.
BY REV. ROBERT t. POLK.
QUARTERLY REVIEW.
[Story in the Gospels. ]

For Study of the Review Lesson, we give
the story of the incidents in JESUS life and
ministry contained in the Lessons of the last
three months, compiled from the accounts of
all the Evangelists. The text employed is
that of the American Revision. Any change
from the language of the text is for the pur-
pose of combining two or more accounts IN
one connected statement. Where different
statements cannot be combined, we have en-
deavcred to give the one most inclusive. In
reporting the Beatitudes, Luke employs the
second person. We have followed Matthew,
using the third.
A complete history of the life and ministry
of JESUS is not contained in either or all of
the Gospels, though each contains some
things omitted by the others; nor are the
events always recorded in their chronologic-
al order. Matthew and Luke, especially ap-
pear to have grouped and classified what
they have each recorded to serve their differ
emit purpose. chronological account of JE-
sUs' life and teachings may be arranged from
the four Gospels, not, however, without some
difficulties.
Our series of Lessons begins with the ac
coant of the visit of the adoring Eastern Ma
gicians. According to Luke, iii. 22) "the
young child" JESUS, must have been at least
forty days old at the time. He may have
been six months old, the time it would have
taken the Magicians to travel from the east
ern country, where they beheld the star of
his birth, to Jerusalem. He was certainly
"less than two years" of age, otherwise his
life WAS not endangered by the murderous
proclamation of Herod. Matthew IL 16l.
JESUS may have been three months, or nearly
three years old at the death of Herod, accord
ing to the accounts in the Gospels and the
different dates it is maintained the King died.
Nothing more definite than an age between
these limits can be determined. The same
uncertainty as to age and date, pertains to
the whole of JESUS life and death.
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The SERMON ON THE MOUNT.

Matthew Luke vi. 20-49.]
l. The Bedtitudes: And seeing the multi
tudes, he went up into the mountain. and
when he had sat down, his disciples came
unto him; and he lifted up his eyes on his dis
ciples and opened his mouth and taught them,
saying,
Blessed are the poor in spirit; for theirs
is the kingdom of heaven.
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